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in 1961 following the break-up of his first marriage to Diana, his former housemaster's daughter. The couple had known each other since 1945 (when Jilly
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two children. They also had five grandchildren. In 1990, publisher Sarah
Johnson publicly revealed that she had been having an affair with Cooper for the past six years. Cooper and his wife separated after this revelation, but they eventually reconciled.
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